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Mycologia 



From the description Hypocrea Petersii Berk. & Curtis seems 

 scarcely to differ. It is described as follows : " Agariciformis ; 

 stipite rugoso ; peritheciis periphericis ; ascis linearibus ; sporidiis 

 globosis." 



26. Stilbocrea Pat. Bull. Soc. Myc. France 16: 186. 1900 



Stromata consisting of a fleshy hypocreoid base and several 

 erect stilbum-like outgrowths, fleshy, bright colored; perithecia 

 globose or ovate, immersed or with the necks slightly protruding ; 

 asci 8-spored; spores hyaline or subhyaline, i -septate, smooth 

 or rough. 



Type species : Stilbocrea Dussii Pat. 



Distinguished from S phaerostilhe by the immersed perithecia. 



Spores 10-12 X 7 mic. i. S. hypocreoides. 



Spores 10.5 -12.5 X 4.5-5-5 mic. 2. S. intermedia. 



I. Stilbocrea hypocreoides (Kalch. & Cooke) 

 Sphaerostilhe hypocreoides Kalch. & Cooke, Grevillea 9 : 26. 

 1880. 



Stroma subpatellate or effused, 2-5 mm. in diameter with stil- 

 bum-like outgrowths ; conidiophores clavate, shortly stipitate ; 

 conidia elliptical, 5X2 mic. ; perithecia immersed in the stroma 

 or with the necks slightly prominent ; asci cylindrical, 8-spored ; 

 spores elliptical, i-septate, hyaline, 10-12 X 7 mic, becoming 

 slightly roughened externally. 



On naked bark. 



Type locality: S. Africa. 



Distribution : Louisiana. 



Illustrations : Grevillea 9 : pi. 1^6, f. 25. 



Specimens examined: Louisiana, Langlois. 



In the specimens examined it is diflicult to find mature asci 

 and spores so that the measurements given above are from the 

 original description. 



2. Stilbocrea intermedia (Ferd. & Winge) 

 ? Stilbocrea Dussii Pat. Bull. Soc. Myc. France 16: 186. 1900. 

 Sphaerostilbe intermedia Ferd. & Winge, Bot. Tidssk. 29: 12. 

 1908. 



Stroma fleshy, patellate or subpatellate, adnate to the sub- 



